Diary September 21, 1940

09-1940, War Diary, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

cargo ship is sinking — German submarine has sunk a cargo ship.

Diary for Friday, September 21, 1940:

Sea War

German invasion fleet in Channel ports now totals 155 steamers, 1,277 barges, 471 tugs and 1,161 motor boats.
U-boat U-100 sinks 7 ships of Convoy HX.72 in 4 hours; 12 out of 41 ships lost.

Air War

Western Egypt: RAF bomb by Italians occupied Sidi Barrani.

Home Fronts

Australia: General Election (results announced October 11): United Australia Party, 24 seats; Country Party (allied with UAP), 14 seats; Labour, 32; Non-Communist Labour, 4. The Prime Minister Robert Menzies increases his personal majority eightfold, despite having 5 opponents.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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